Statistics About Diabetes

Data from the National Diabetes Statistics Report, 2014 (released June 10,
2014)

Overall Numbers, Diabetes and Prediabetes

Prevalence: In 2012, 29.1

million Americans, or 9.3% of the population, had diabetes.

Approximately 1.25 million American children and adults have

type 1 diabetes.

Undiagnosed: Of the 29.1 million, 21.0 million were diagnosed, and

8.1 million were undiagnosed.

Prevalence in Seniors: The percentage of Americans age 65 and

older remains high, at 25.9%, or 11.8 million seniors (diagnosed and
undiagnosed).

New Cases: 1.4 million Americans are diagnosed with diabetes every
year.

Prediabetes: In 2012, 86 million Americans age 20 and older

had prediabetes; this is up from 79 million in 2010.

Deaths: Diabetes remains the 7th leading cause of death in the

United States in 2010, with 69,071 death certificates listing it as the
underlying cause of death, and a total of 234,051 death certificates listing
diabetes as an underlying or contributing cause of death.

Diabetes in Youth

About 208,000 Americans under age 20 are estimated to have

diagnosed diabetes, approximately 0.25% of that population.

In 20082009, the annual incidence of diagnosed diabetes in youth

was estimated at 18,436 with type 1 diabetes, 5,089 with type 2 diabetes.

Diabetes by Race/Ethnicity

The rates of diagnosed diabetes by

race/ethnic background are:

7.6% of non-Hispanic whites

9.0% of Asian Americans

12.8% of Hispanics

13.2% of non-Hispanic blacks

15.9% of American Indians/Alaskan Natives

The breakdown among Asian Americans:

4.4% for Chinese

11.3% for Filipinos

13.0 for Asian Indians

8.8% for other Asian Americans.

The breakdown among Hispanic adults:

8.5% for Central and South Americans

9.3% for Cubans

13.9% for Mexican Americans

14.8% for Puerto Ricans.

Deaths
Diabetes was the seventh leading cause of death in the United States in
2010 based on the 69,071 death certificates in which diabetes was listed as
the underlying cause of death. In 2010, diabetes was mentioned as a cause
of death in a total of 234,051 certificates.
Diabetes may be underreported as a cause of death. Studies have found that
only about 35% to 40% of people with diabetes who died had diabetes listed
anywhere on the death certificate and about 10% to 15% had it listed as the
underlying cause of death.

Complications/Co-Morbid Conditions

Hypoglycemia: In 2011, about 282,000 emergency room visits for

adults aged 18 years or older had hypoglycemia as the first-listed diagnosis
and diabetes as another diagnosis.

Hypertension: In 20092012, of adults aged 18 years or older with

diagnosed diabetes, 71% had blood pressure greater than or equal to
140/90 millimeters of mercury or used prescription medications to lower
high blood pressure.

Dyslipidemia: In 20092012, of adults aged 18 years or older with

diagnosed diabetes, 65% had blood LDL cholesterol greater than or equal to
100 mg/dl or used cholesterol-lowering medications.

CVD Death Rates: In 20032006, after adjusting for population age

differences, cardiovascular disease death rates were about 1.7 times higher
among adults aged 18 years or older with diagnosed diabetes than among
adults without diagnosed diabetes.

Heart Attack Rates: In 2010, after adjusting for population age

differences, hospitalization rates for heart attack were 1.8 times higher
among adults aged 20 years or older with diagnosed diabetes than among
adults without diagnosed diabetes.

Stroke: In 2010, after adjusting for population age differences,

hospitalization rates for stroke were 1.5 times higher among adults with
diagnosed diabetes aged 20 years or older compared to those without
diagnosed diabetes.

Blindness and Eye Problems: In 20052008, of adults with diabetes

aged 40 years or older, 4.2 million (28.5%) people had diabetic retinopathy,
damage to the small blood vessels in the retina that may result in loss of
vision.

Kidney Disease: Diabetes was listed as the primary cause of kidney

failure in 44% of all new cases in 2011.

In 2011, 49,677 people of all ages began treatment for kidney

failure due to diabetes.

In 2011, a total of 228,924 people of all ages with kidney failure

due to diabetes were living on chronic dialysis or with a kidney transplant.

Amputations: In 2010, about 73,000 non-traumatic lower-limb

amputations were performed in adults aged 20 years or older with diagnosed
diabetes.

About 60% of non-traumatic lower-limb amputations among

people aged 20 years or older occur in people with diagnosed diabetes.

Cost of Diabetes
Updated March 6, 2013

$245 billion: Total costs of diagnosed diabetes in the United States in

2012

$176 billion for direct medical costs

$69 billion in reduced productivity

After adjusting for population age and sex differences, average medical
expenditures among people with diagnosed diabetes were 2.3 times higher
than what expenditures would be in the absence of diabetes.
Read more about the results of our study "Economic Costs of Diabetes in the
U.S. in 2012."
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